DID YOU KNOW?

What it means: An agency’s failure to respond to the EEOC’s repeated requests for a complaint file and hearing records over a two-year period can result in a default judgment in favor of the complainant as a sanction.

What it means: If an agency’s male employees are permitted to return to full duties when they are released by their private doctors, but a female employee with a release to return to full-duty work from her personal physician is required to submit to additional tests, the agency may be in violation of Title VII.

What it means:It is unlawful for an agency to use qualification standards, employment tests, or other selection criteria that screen out or tend to screen out an individual with a disability unless the standard, test, or other selection criteria is shown to be job-related for the position and is consistent wit business necessity.

What it means: An Agency's failure to mediate complaints in and of itself does not state an actionable claim. While the EEOC encourages the use of alternative dispute resolution, participation in mediation is voluntary and requires the consent of both parties.